2018 World Series of Poker
We caught up to the three handed action on the river on the ![]()
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board. Ivan Luca led out with a bet of 128,000 into a main pot of close to 300,000. Cliff Josephy called and Daniel Alaei called behind.
Luca instantly threw his hand face down into the muck and Josephy turned over ![]()
for kings and eights. Alaei double checked his hole cards one last time before he mucked and Josephy took the pot.
There was 400,000 already in the pot in what Justin Harvell later described as a three-bet pot on the turn with the board showing ![]()
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. Mark Zullo was in the small blind and he checked to Harvell who checked behind.
The river was the
and both players checked a second time and Zullo showed down his ![]()
for two pair. Harvell had the best of it though, holding ![]()
and that would earn him the pot pushing him back over one million chips.
The action folded to Chino Rheem in the small blind, and he completed. The big blind checked, and then both players checked the ![]()
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flop.
The turn landed the
, and Rheem bet out 50,000 and his opponent called as the
completed the board on the river.
Rheem bet 200,000, and his opponent pushed out a min-raise to 400,000.
Rheem went into the tank and eventually had the clock called on him before he folded what he said was a
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The big blind tabled his ![]()
, and Rheem congratulated himself while dropping to just under 2.3 million.

The following players earned $33,305 for their respective finishes.
The cards are back in the air.
Players will be playing just 60-minutes of this level before bagging and tagging for the night.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The remaining players are heading on their last 20-minute break of the evening.
There are currently 351 players remaining, and they are all guaranteed a $37,705 payday.
We arrived at the table to find Benjamin Pollak facing a bet of 240,000 from his opponent in the small blind. There was already upwards of 400,000 in the pot with the board reading ![]()
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. Pollak made the call and the rail inched closer to the table to get a glimpse of the action.
The river brought the
and the small blind opted to check this time. Pollak thought for a moment and then slammed his hand on the table as if to give up. His opponent turned over ![]()
and much to Pollak's surprise, he held the best hand with ![]()
. Although he missed his flush draw, Pollak's hand was good enough to earn a monster pot.